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[Event "Rose1 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/I2kwLMKJ"] [Date "2026.07.30"] [Round "-"] [White "alex_00"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.30"] [UTCTime "16:00:03"] [WhiteElo "1580"] [BlackElo "1647"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+31"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h3 e6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bxh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 d5 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. e5 Re8 12. h4 b6 13. h5 c5 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Nxh7 Nxh7 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. Qh8+ Ke7 18. Rh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0